NO. 1289. FISHES FROM FORMOSA— JORDAN AND E VERM ANN. 



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Pectoral wide, rounded, beginning between second and third gill- 

 slits; first dorsal slightly higher than second, truncated and beginning 

 slightly posterior to posterior base of ventrals, separated from second 

 dorsal by an interspace equal to length of pectoral; second dor.sal 

 similar in shape and size to first dorsal, situated considerably in advance 

 of anal, from which it is separated by an interspace nearly ('(jual to 

 base of anal; anal low, rounded anteriorly and separated l)y a deep 

 notch from the caudal; caudal long and low, length more than one- 

 half head and body, truncated posteriorly and deeply notched below 

 near the ti}). Mouth wide, width equal distance of spiracle from first 

 gill-slit; distance from tip of snout slightly less than one-half snout; 

 inferior labial fold continuous; angle of mouth somewhat nearer eye 



('HILOSCYLI.IU^r INDICUM. 



than tip of snout; nasal tentacles slender, ta])ering, length ecjual to 

 diameter of eye; teeth triangular, with a pair of small lateral cusjjs 

 at the base of medium size. 



Coloration, above grayish, marked with about !) l)road transverse 

 bands of lu'ownish inclosing light spots; pectorals, dorsals and caudal 

 si)otted like the back; l)elow light grayish or yellowish-gray, unspotted. 



Onl}' one specimen in the collection which has 1)een returned to the 

 Fisheries Institute. 



Mca» 



Length, 685 mm. 



Snout to anus, 236 mm. 



Head, 41 (hundredths of length to anus). 



Snout, 19. 



Interorljital, 12. 



Snout to mouth, 9. 



Pectoral, length, 35. 



Ventral, length, 26. 



Dr. Giinther records Cliilomyllvmn indiciuii from Formosa ' 

 Nystrom records it from Nagasaki. 



First dorsal, height, 27. 

 First dorsal, base, 20. 

 Second doisal, height, 26. 

 Interspace of dorsals, 36. 

 Caudal, len-th, 55. 

 Base of anal, 25. 

 Second dorsal to anal, 23. 



and 



^Cat. Fish., VIII, p. 412, 



